1. We have not figured this one out – do we agree?

Every time something painful like this (no need to elaborate) – there are a variety of emotions: Anger, frustration, vengeance, desperation, protests, blaming, debating. That’s the good news. That’s energy - The starting point to get something done. Albeit in twisted, sub-optimal, unfocussed forms. But energy nevertheless. No issues there.

Everybody(From the train travelers, to FB users, to the intellectuals) seems to roughly know what IS the problem: The system, the politicians, some agree we are also responsible, our education system, our culture, westernization. There seems to be universal agreement on exactly who is to blame.

We also seem to agree on what SHOULD be done too(Castrate rapists, have stricter laws, stop bribing, increase policemen’s salary, change the system, change the law, change the education systems, kill all politicians J. Also ‘Nothing can be done. Just give up’ )

There are some “balanced” perspectives too from time to time. Like tackling it using a 3 pronged approach: Changing the social mindset, building strong deterrence, making the justice process more empathetic and sensitive. This 3 pronged approach seems obviously correct, undeniably correct. Would anyone disagree to them?

Everything seems to be just too obvious.

Except for one undeniable fact that slaps us in the face:

Due to some inexplicable reason, the obvious does not seem to have happened for the last 70 years! In fact, sometimes it seems like it’s getting worse.

There is a piece of the puzzle we seem to be missing. Does our sad performance so far allow us  to consider that possibility? Maybe we have not understood the problem correctly. Or the most horrific of things: We(I, you, him, her, she, the leader you trusted, the politicians you hate) might have been wrong!

Since nobody seems to have got it anyway, perhaps we can come together and approach the problem from an attitude of total openness? Forget for a moment, that we already have all the answers – if only someone could implement them? Can we try to understand the problem first? And then maybe, just maybe – take a shot at the solutions?

In fact do we even WANT a solution? Read on to find out What exactly do we want? How badly?